An $8.7 million investment by the Manitoba government will support 1,648 addictions treatment spaces across the province.
“We recognize the importance of increasing life-saving addictions treatment capacity across the province to ensure these services are available for Manitobans where and when they need them,” said Mental Health and Community Wellness Minister Janice Morley-Lecomte. “As part of our commitment to support 1,000 provincially funded treatment spaces, we are supporting Manitobans at each step of their recovery journeys. We have fulfilled and, in fact, significantly surpassed this commitment.”
The funding commitment will increase access to services and care closer to home for people around the province.
“In two years of operation, Bruce Oake Recovery Centre has graduated 184 men through our 16-week live-in program,” said Scott Oake, founder and president, Bruce Oake Memorial Foundation. “This sustained provincial funding ensures we can continue to help men get their lives back as they return to their families, loved ones, jobs and society in general.”
These publicly funded spaces will give all Manitobans, regardless of their financial situations, the opportunity to recover and build better lives, noted the minister.
